I would like to laud Don Prince of Turner for his letter (April 7) on the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding campaign financing.

However, that decision came as no surprise to me. It is yet another in a recent trend of rulings where average Americans find themselves with the cards stacked against them and corporate dollars doing all of the talking.

That ruling, along with other decisions, such as those from Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission and Kelo vs. City of New London, find the Supreme Court paving a road of gold bricks for corporate America and special interests to tread upon.

Perhaps it is time for average Americans to impose term limits on the justices; I know of no other occupation on Earth that grants a person life tenure (with the exceptions of monarchs and dictators).

Maybe a greater rotation of justices in and out of the Supreme Court building would be helpful in changing this trend and weeding out the special interests influencing the policymaking in Washington.

With the recent goings-on of the White House, Foggy Bottom, and the Supreme Court, more and more I find myself peering into Article V of the Constitution for answers.

I believe the Roberts Court has done a great disservice to the ruling of the Burger Court to regulate campaign financing and curtail corruption.

Robert Lagueux, Norway

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